38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives Drugs are mostly unsafe when used in the body. As a drug travels around the body, it could damage parts of the body that do not need the drug. Our project aims to observe the effe…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives In this experiment, increasing steep times were used to analyze the pH of black tea and green tea. A pH probe was used to record pH. Methods Beakers, flask, pipette, hot plate, bu…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives My objective is to get the correct building block for future medicinal compounds (which is 1-(2- fluorophenyl)-1H-imidazole) and get a high yield percentage. Methods I tested phen…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective for this project is to see if there is an alternative to the road salt that they use to thaw the snow on mountains that will melt ice/salt faster. Methods Tablespoon…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The purpose of my experiment is to test what the most effective way to purify water is. I compared Photocatalysis, Reverse Osmosis, Graphene, and Activated Carbon water treatment…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of my project was to determine if cotton and polyester would decompose naturally in a home composter. Methods My study was conducted using the following items: One,…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The purpose of this experiment was to determine if sugar affected the temperature of a drink after five minutes on a stove. It was hypothesized that the higher the sugar content i…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives Creating a sustainable, biodegradable plastic six-pack ring made from polylactic acid with an added plasticizer and an alternate form made of compost. Methods Hydrochloric acid, L…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The goal of this project was the synthesis of Luteolin (3',4',5,7, tetrahydroxy flavone), from a commercially available flavonoid. Methods I conducted a sequence of three reaction…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives I wanted to learn how the presence of various solutes (sugar, NaCl, KCl/NaCL mix) in an aqueous solution would affect the reaction of sodium submerged in the solution. My hypothes…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives My goal is to determine the most effective method of water electrolysis. In particular, to determine the most effective method I measured which produced the most amount of gas. My…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective of this study is to learn about the different chemical reactions that take place within a homemade Lava Lamp. More specifically: I wanted to understand, why water an…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective of this project is to investigate the effect of acidity on the dye sorption of the animal fiber wool. Methods Dyebaths of various vinegar concentrations were prepare…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives We aim to develop methods to detect the amount of leaf pigments. We will then use the methods to study the effect of temperature and light exposure to the pigments in picked leafy…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The purpose of this project is to see how water can be used as a renewable energy source by testing how efficient a cobalt-based catalyst will be in producing molecular oxygen fro…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives This research project aims to find trends, in reactivity and in chain length, among similar deep eutectic solvents (DES) in order to design more catalytically efficient DESs. Curr…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The purpose of this project is to find a chemical reaction that removes (scrubs) carbon dioxide gas from semi-fixed sources, without needing to store pure carbon dioxide as a gas,…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The ocean is home to 8 million tons of plastic, which contains polymers that are too large to degrade. Thus, I sought out to find a method of chemically degrading plastic using hy…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives I have investigated the production of hydrogen gas using multiple elements by running an electric current through water and sodium hydroxide. Methods I made an apparatus with two…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Create a nanostructure using iron oxide nanorods (Fe2O3), gold (Au), porous silica (P-SiO2), and cuprous oxide (Cu2O) that mimics the Z-scheme mechanism for hydrogen production. M…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dyes are used in many industries. Because the process of cleaning dye out of wastewater is expensive, a cost-effective, eco-friendly method is needed. The purpose of this pr…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of substituting Ni in iron silicate compounds used in cathodes on the battery performance. Methods/Materials A Li ion…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals America has spent over 300 billion dollars in repairs for rusted bridges and buildings. The purpose of this project is to determine what is the effect of a certain pH of a l…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals High costs associated with the desalination process have been the bottleneck that hinders the prevalent usage of seawater for drinking, agriculture, and industry. The goal o…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of additives on crystal growth. Methods/Materials Glass jars, wooden sticks, clips, filtered water, sugar, salt, measu…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to fully understand the electric potential behind a Mg battery, along with the thorough analysis of its SEI layer, for the purpose of mas…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals To enhance the formation and tensile strength of rice bioplastic using lignocellulosic fibers from garbage/recycled materials in bio.fiber.plastic. Methods/Materials Rice bi…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Recently, microspheres have been receiving a lot of attention for their significance in the local release of drugs. This experiment sought to create a multilayered, biocompa…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project determines which oxidant is the most effective at removing N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) when added to the ultra violet advanced oxidative process (UV-AOP) duri…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My goal with this project was to see if different cookie sheet types affected the color of the bottom of the cookie. Methods/Materials My materials were: Cookie batter from…